# Semiconductor Manufacturing International

> Semiconductor Manufacturing International is a VC fund backing Manufacturing. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/smic
- Website: http://www.smics.com/en/
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=187624827960346

Semiconductor Manufacturing International is a VC fund in Shanghai focused on Manufacturing and Semiconductor. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is a semiconductor foundry providing integrated circuit (IC) foundry and technology services at 0.35-micron to 40-nanometer. SMIC develops one-stop turnkey services to meet its customers’ needs. In addition to IC manufacturing, SMIC offers a full range of services that includes designservices, mask manufacturing, and testing. SMIC provides integrated circuit (IC) foundry and technology services on process nodes from 0.35 micron to 28 nanometer. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has an international manufacturing and service base. In China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication facility (fab) and a 200mm mega-fab in Shanghai; a 300mm mega-fab and a majority-owned 300mm fab for advanced nodes in Beijing; 200mm fabs in Tianjin and Shenzhen; and a majority-owned joint-venture 300mm bumping facility in Jiangyin; additionally, in Italy SMIC has a majority-owned 200mm fab. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication facility (fab) and a 200mm mega-fab in Shanghai, a 300mm mega-fab in Beijing, a 200mm fab in Tianjin, and a 200mm fab project under development in Shenzhen. SMIC also has customer service and marketing offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Taiwan, and a representative office in Hong Kong.SMIC competes with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., United Microelectronics Corporation, GlobalFoundries, Fujitsu Limited, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Toshiba Corporation.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 12 | 63% |
| Semiconductor | 11 | 58% |
| Electronics | 5 | 26% |
| Hardware | 3 | 16% |
| Industrial | 2 | 11% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 42% |
| Series B | 5 | 26% |
| Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 11% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kheng Nam Lee | Director | 5 | — |
| Mong Song Liang | Co-Chief Executive Officer | 0 | — |
| Richard Chang | Founder & President | 0 | — |
| Yonggang Gao | Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shengjisheng Semiconductor | Shengjisheng Semiconductor is committed to facilitating the localization of vital semiconductor machinery. It offers technical assistance and replacement parts associated with the production of semiconductors. | $147.3M | Series D | Jul 02, 2026 |  |
| Semiconductor Manufacturing North China Corporation | Semiconductor Manufacturing North China Corp. is a Beijing‑based semiconductor foundry and manufacturing subsidiary that focuses on the development and production of integrated circuits and mature-node wafer fabrication. | $9.6B | Corporate Round | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Micronano Core | Micro-nano core is committed to the development and production of the world's leading intelligent IoT AIoT SoC serialized chips, through the world's leading four core technologies: ultra-low-power chip architecture technology (to solve the problem of system standby power consumption), ultra-low power consumption Power consumptionclosed-loop adaptive near-threshold circuit technology (to solve the problem of chip running power consumption), ultra-low power consumption and high-precision sensor acquisition technology (to solve the problem of high precision and low power consumption of sensor signal acquisition) and high-efficiency embedded AI engine technology (solving the computing power and energy efficiency of embedded AI), creating a general/platform technology system for IoT chips and AIoT serialized chips, enabling IoT products, and significantly improving the low power consumption, low power consumption, and low power consumption of future IoT products High-precision detection and edge AI inference performance. |  | Series B | Apr 24, 2026 |  |
| Memsilicon | Memsilicon specializes in research and development solutions for RRAM storage and AI computing technologies. | $14.3M | Seed | Jan 05, 2026 |  |
| Li Zhao Technology | Li Zhao Technology is committed to the R&D, production, and sale of essential parts for plasma processing machinery. It is the developer of plasma source systems. It supplies radio frequency and plasma systems focusing on the field of semiconductor process equipment. |  | Seed | Sep 04, 2023 |  |
| Arctic Hero Core | Arctic Core aims in reducing the design cycle and NRE cost of large-scale and provide low-cost algorithms to server clusters. | $20.9M | Angel | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Juexin Technology | Juexin Technology is an entity that designs high-speed optoelectronic chips. Its primary focus is on the development of electrical chips for high-speed optical communications. |  | Series A | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| Phlexing | Phlexing focuses on the research and development of integrated circuit chips. Phlexing's technology helps customers achieve the best power consumption, performance, and area (PPA) goals, promotes the collaboration and innovation of chip design and manufacturing. | $15.8M | Series B | Feb 18, 2022 |  |
| Sheng Microelectronics | Sheng Microelectronics manufactures advanced display driver chips for AMOLED screens, and other electronic devices. | $15.5M | Series A | Oct 15, 2021 |  |
| Zhigan | Zhigan is a high-end laser sensor R&D enterprise that provides coherent FMCW precision sensing technology solutions. The company's industrial-grade coherent FMCW vibration and ranging sensors have been shipped in batches, adopted by dozens of customers, and revenue has entered a period of rapid growth. Automotive FMCW lidar products willalso complete the DEMO test in the second half of this year. | $100M | Series A | Jun 10, 2021 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [China Fortune-Tech Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-fortune-tech-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group (LCIG)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lenovo-capital-and-incubator-group-lcig) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund (CICF)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-integrated-circuit-industry-investment-fund-cicf) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [V Fund Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-v-fund-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gobi Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gobi-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Green Pine Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-pine-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Semiconductor Manufacturing International invest in?

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### Who are the partners at Semiconductor Manufacturing International?

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